IQO PRACTICAL DAIRY BACTERIOLOGY 



to make it impossible for the farmer profitably to carry on his 

 business. The purpose of the inspection is not to drive the 

 dairyman out of business, but to bring about an improvement 

 of the conditions under which the milk is produced. Any farmer 

 would prefer to furnish good milk rather than poor milk. It 

 is eminently desirable that the farmer and the milk inspector 

 should, therefore, work together, and their attitude toward one 

 another should be not that of hostility but of helpfulness. Of 

 course, the extent to which this attitude will be developed will 

 depend largely upon the individuals. Some inspectors will never 

 take a friendly attitude to the farmer, and some farmers will 

 always look upon the inspector as his enemy; but the friendly 

 relation should be the aim of both the dairyman and the in- 

 spector. 



Withal it must be recognized by dairy inspectors and all 

 public officials that the application of proper dairy methods in 

 the dairy depends wholly upon the readiness of the public to 

 pay the price. No amount of law will force the dairyman to 

 adopt methods that he cannot afford at the price paid for his 

 milk. To obtain a quality of milk that is beyond suspicion re- 

 quires the raising of the price paid to the producer above that 

 which has been common in the last few years. It will always 

 be possible, doubtless, to purchase good milk and poor milk. 

 One cannot purchase silk for six cents a yard, but he can 

 purchase a poor grade of cotton cloth. _So we could not expect 

 to buy first class milk which is beyond suspicion for a sum of 

 money that is insufficient to reimburse the dairyman who em- 

 ploys satisfactory methods. The whole problem is one of price. 

 The attitude of the public toward the producer should be not 

 one of hostility but one of mutual assistance. The public ought 

 to agree to pay willingly for whatever safeguards it demands 

 for its milk, and as soon as this is done so soon will the dairy- 

 man be ready to adopt these safeguards. Rules and regulations 

 will even then be necessary, but only to guide, not to force the 

 producer. 



